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ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS' GHAIRS.

Patented Mar. 24, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND FANEUF, OF AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS;

ATTACH M ENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 557,063, dated March 24, 1896.

Application filed November 13, 1895. Serial No. 568,787. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND FANEUF, a citizenof the United States, residing at Ainherst, in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Attachments for Barbers Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to chairs, and has for its object to provide an attachment for chairs, and especially barbers chairs, to be used as a seat for children. This attachment or childs seat which I have invented is so designed that it may be used with the ordinary barbers chair without any material change in the construction of the latter. It is capable of adj ustment when in position so as that it may be adapted-to children of various sizes, and when not in use can be folded into compact form and put away.

Another valuable feature which is embodied in my invention is that to whatever position the seat may be adjusted it will not interfere with the barber while at work, this being an objection to many attachments of this kind.

Referring now to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side view of a barbers chair, showing the attachment in use. front view of the chair with attachmen t. Fig. 8 shows the attachment folded. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views to be referred to hereinafter.

The same letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A denotes a barbers chair of the ordinary pattern, having a high back B, to which my attachment is secured. This attachment consists of a rectangular frame made up of two bars a a, connected at their ends by cross-bars b l). The upper ends of bars a a are curved so as that the cross-bar b which connects them lies upon the top rail 0 of the chair-back, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Midway the said cross-bar b is a depending lug c, which lies in a slot 0 formed in the top rail 0 of the chair-back B. At the lower end of the lug c is a pin 0 which Fig. 2 is aprojects inwardly and enters a hole a in said top rail 0, thus supporting said rectangular frame in position. It will be apparent that since the cross-bar 1) lies upon the top rail 0 the frame will be held steady and cannot swing upon the central supporting-pin 0 as it might oth rwise do. To secure the attachment to the chair it is only necessary to hook the depending lug 0 into the slot 0 in the top rail 0 and engage the pin 0 and opening 0 Mounted upon said bars a a so as to slide freely thereon are two collars (l (l, and hinged to these collars is the seat proper, 0. On the bottom of said seat 0 and in the same vertical plane with the bars a a are two strips 6 e, which bear against the bars a a when the seat is in use, said strips being recessed at their inner ends to fit around the supporting-bars a a, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4. It will be seen then that the seat 0 may be adjusted to any desired height upon the bars by movin g the collars d cl up or down, and that of its weight the said seat 0 will cause the collars cl cl to grip the bars a a so as to prevent its falling from its adjusted position. It is obvious that any additional weight upon the seat will have the effect of causing said strips 6 e to bear with greater force upon bars a a and make said collars (Z cl grip bars a a the tighter.

flo make the attachment more compact when folded Ipivot the folding arms D upon lugs f on the seat 0, which lugs lie within the bars Ct at, so as that when the arms D are folded, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, they are within the line of the bars a a, and will not interfere with the folding back of the seat O. V V

In order that the arms D may assume the proper position when they are in their upright position, I make the supporting-rods D of said arms D angular, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to carry the arms D out the full width of the seat 0.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided an attachment for barbers chairs which is simple in construction and operation, which is capable of being folded into compact form when not in use, and which when in use will not hamper or impede the work of the barber.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an attachment for barbers chairs, the combination with supporting-bars, of collars movable on said bars, a seat hinged to said collars so as to impinge against said supporting-bars when in operative position and cause the said collars to grip said supporting-bars, said collars being free to slide on said bars when said seat is folded, and means for suspending said bars and seat from a chair-back.

2. In an attachment for barbers chairs, the combination with supporting-bars, of collars movable thereon, a seat hinged to said collars, strips carried by said seat which impinge against said supporting-bars when said seat is in operative position and cause said collars to grip said bars and sustain the said seat and its occupant in any adjusted position on the supporting-bars, arms hinged to said seat, and means for suspending said seat from a chair-back.

3. In an attachment for barber's chairs, the combination with a rectangular frame composed of the supporting-bars a a and the cross-bars b b, of means for suspending said frame from a chainback, collars d (1 mounted on said bars a a and sliding freely thereon, and the seat G hinged to said collars, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In an attachment for barbers chairs, the combination, with the supporting-bars a a curved at their upper ends, of the cross-bars b b, means for suspending said bars from the chair-back, the seat 0 hinged to collars d d mounted on supporting-bars a a and free to slide thereon, strips 6 e secured to said se'a't and bearing against said bars a a so as to cause said collars cl d to grip the bars a a and hold the seat 0 in any adjusted position.

5. In an attachment for barbers chairs, the combination with supporting-bars curved at their upper ends, cross-bars connecting the ends of said supporting-bars, means for supporting the rectangular frame thus formed from the chair-back, sliding collars on said supporting-bars, a seat hinged to said collars and held in any adjusted position by reason of the frictional contact between said collars and the supporting-bars, and folding arms mounted on said seat so as that when folded they shall lie within the planes of said supporting-bars, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In an attachment for barbers chairs, the

combination with supporting-bars a a curved at their upper ends and having connecting cross-bars b b, of the supporting-lug c having pin 0 on said cross-bar b, collars (Z (1 adjustably mounted on bars a a, seat C hinged to said collars, strips e e on said seat Gwhich bear against bars a a and cause collars cl (1' to grip said bars when the seat 0 is in operative position, and arms D mounted on angular supports D pivoted on said seat 0 so as that said arms D and supports D when folded shall lie within the planes of said supportingbars a a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND FANEUF. Witnesses:

E. W. ELWELL, II. T. CoWEN. 

